Or it could have been Bush's fault.
Rome fell when the Republic disintegrated to become an unrestrained democracy. The democracy was fueled by squandering the Roman treasury on the masses and excessive taxation on others. The fate of Rome was sealed long before the fall of the empire with the demise of that republic. Warnings of that impending fall came from Marcus Tulleus Cicero. An excellent novel appeared in 1964 called “A Pillar of Iron”, by Taylor Caldwell, which was a historical novel about the life of Cicero. Much of the book dealt with Cicero’s warnings about the dangers of unleashed democracy, and the exact quotes taken from Cicero will raise your hair. For those who don’t have the time to search through the classics to pursue the fall of the Roman Republic, the book is fairly accurately done and highlights the amazing parallels between their republic and ours.
Now that you mention it, wasn’t there a Caesar Bushgusto?