IN CASE YOU SOMEHOW THOUGHT THAT HOWARD DEAN IS NOT AN IDIOT

He says the Iraqi "living standard" is a whole lot worse now than under Saddam.

Hmmm...seems the Governor doesn't consider liberty and freedom from oppression as a part of one's living standard.

Nor the absence of an estimated average 300 murders by the government every day.

In response to a question about avoiding war, Dean said Iraq "was a war that wasn't necessary. You can say that it's great that Saddam [Hussein] is gone, and I'm sure that a lot of Iraqis feel it is great that Saddam is gone, but a lot of them gave their lives, and their living standard is a whole lot worse now than it was before."