Reply #: Yes, there will be

[Selatius]

Bush is the first of his kind, and he will not be the last.

You can split the 400 years of the Roman Republic in half. In the first half, you generally have competent leaders who are usually not too corrupt. They generally do their job. In the last 200 years, you have more corrupt leaders, more incompetence, which ultimately leads to many civil wars. Then you will have the death knell in the form of the Senate voting to dissolve itself and hand over power to "the general."

I'm not saying we're going to follow Rome, but what I am saying is the Republic is dying, and that is evidenced by more and more corrupt leaders taking power. Politics is no longer considered a noble cause. It is now simply an avenue to achieve greater power. We see the main intent has switched from being interested in the welfare of others to being interested in ones own interests.