Hello friends and welcome back to the Bill Press Pye.

I know we say it every four years, but damn it, this year it's true, more than ever.

This is indeed the most important election in our lifetime, because we've never had a worst president, and because it's important to get rid of him, and because so much, including the future of our very democracy, is at stake.

But Democrats can't afford to get overconfident.

They can't let up. They can't take anything

for granted. They have to do everything possible to win in November, not just the White House,

but to increase our margin in the House and take back the Senate as well. And in his new book,

You're Fired. Paul Begala tells us how to do it. Paul's one of the smartest democratic

operatives in the country, a veteran of the 1992 Clinton campaign and the Clinton White House,

a longtime political commentator on CNN, like me, a former co-host for Crossfire, and a long-time

good friend. His new book, You're Fired. The Perfect Guide to Beating

Donald Trump comes out on August 4. You can pre-order it now. And here, an exclusive preview just for you.

Paul Begalla, my brothers, good to see you.

You're see you again. Thanks for having me on.

All right. And congratulations on the new book. You're fired.

The perfect guide to beating Donald Trump. Hey, Paul, look, you and I've been in and out of a lot of campaigns, right?

And we've taken on a lot of Republicans and some Democrats. But we've never been up against a guy like this.

I mean, this almost gets beyond being Republican or Democrat, but Donald Trump doesn't.

Oh, absolutely.

I mean, you and I are finding ourselves on the same side as William Crystal and George Conway.

And John Weaver. Weaver is a Texan and a Republican used to

beat my ass in campaigns in Texas all the time. Now he's on the same side. This is maybe a plus,

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