Who do you have to screw to get fired around here?

As we discussed Donald Rumsfeld's job performance the other night, my friend Seth wondered to me what it would take to get fired by the Bush administration.

I countered that the surest way not to get fired by Rove/Cheney/Bush is to screw up royally. It fits into their whole philosophy of never, ever admitting that they made a mistake. I guess you could get asked to resign (George Tenet?) but if you're really concerned about holding on to your job, it couldn't hurt to land the country in a multi-billion-dollar military quagmire with no exit strategy and low troop morale.