There were times during the 2008 election when I thought former Republican presidential primary contender Mike Huckabee came across like a decent enough guy.

Well, after reading the following piece of inflammatory, lying nonsense, I retract every nice thing I ever said about the guy:

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned supporters Tuesday that the $828 billion stimulus package is “anti-religious.”

In an e-mail that was also posted on his blog ahead of the Senate’s passage, Huckabee wrote: “The dust is settling on the ‘bipartisan’ stimulus bill and one thing is clear: It is anti-religious.”

The former Republican presidential candidate pointed to a provision in both the House and Senate versions banning higher education funds in the bill from being used on a “school or department of divinity.”

“You would think the ACLU drafted this bill,” Huckabee said. “For all of the talk about bipartisanship, this Congress is blatantly liberal.”

For context, the language that Huckabee allegedly finds so offensive has appeared in every education spending bill signed into law over the last 46 years.

Considering that Mike Huckabee is a Christianist preacher who claims to live according to God’s plan, shouldn’t he focus a little more on the Ten Commandments and stop bearing false witness?