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Goat Bites Jon Huntsman During New Hampshire Campaign Stop

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Jon Huntsman has won the all-important goat vote in New Hampshire. Huntsman was busy campaigning in the hinterlands of the Granite State, when he encountered Izak the goat, who hauled off and bit the former Utah governor. Despite the incident, Izak’s owners said the goat told them to endorse Huntsman. “Winning over Izak was as hard as winning over the average voter,” Huntsman said.

WMUR reports:

“It brings out a humanity in the candidate when they’re not doing something prepared and can only be spontaneous,” said Judy Hammond, Izak’s owner.

Huntsman said such a test is one he expects to see “only in New Hampshire.” He first mentioned the goat Sunday night when he said that Izak bit him on the knee the first time he met him.

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“Izak is very good at judging people,” said the goat’s owners. “[Huntsman]‘s a down-to-earth person.”

According to reports, Izak is a very important litmus test.

“Not only are voters hard to win over, but goats are hard to win over too,” Huntsman quipped.

“While Izak cannot vote, he is a symbol of the unusual style of politicking that New Hampshire requires of its candidates,” reported WMUR’s Tiffany Eddy. “While Jon Huntsman hopes he’s not only proven himself to Izak, he’s also proven himself to those hard-to-reach voters.”

Watch the report on Izak the goat and Jon Huntsman below:

(h/t Jonathan Martin)

(Ed. Note: The original title of this story was shortened from ‘Feel-Good Story Of The Election? Goat Bites Jon Huntsman, Winning Over The Hearts Of Its Owners’ for purposes of space on the site)

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  • Anonymous

    Goats are traditionally symbolic of Satan.  This may be a significant development to a lot of Republicans.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    It’s apparent the goat is a Neo-Con!!

  • Anonymous

    What’s good, is getting these goats for our computer industry.

  • Anonymous

    “And the goat must carry upon itself all their errors into a desert land, and he must send the goat away into the wilderness.” Leviticus 16:22

  • john lee

     Huntsman supports the patriot act, the ndaa indefinite detention bill, more predator drones, preemptive strikes against Iran, the racist war on drug, the bailout of Wall Street.
    The guy definitely lost my heart.

  • Anonymous

    That is one laid back goal. They are normally not that docile especially in a crowd of people. 

  • Anonymous

    So this is a good thing. If the “satanic goat” hates Republicans than it must love Democrats.
    It makes sense, most Dems will jump at the chance to defend murderers ( Ted Kennedy, Casey Anthony ) racists ( Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton) women haters/beaters ( Ed Schultz, Keith Olbermann) and terrorists ( Bill Ayers)
    It’s only natural that pure evil would vote Democrat.

  • Anonymous

    Don’t goats eat trash?

    Yeah, then it seems fitting that he’d try to eat Huntsman.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Your average rightwinger will takes liberties with a goat, and then blame the goat for biting ‘em.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    yep, see you got your education from Dipshiiit U.

    Wright and Sharpton may have a lot of flaws… a lot of them… but to call them racists just shows your ignornance.

    And a woman “hater” and “beater” are not quite the same thing, except perhaps in your home.

    If Bill Ayers was a terrorist, then you are a terrorist…ok, maybe he was a terrorist

    And why don’t you rightwingers just leave the goats alone.

    NO means NO

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Huntsman is in say anything mode.

    He’s obviously a snake in the grass.

    He used Obama to get an ambassadorship, and when he was done with his vacation to China, he turned on his former boss. Because he discovered some sort of corruption? no. Because he saw a flaw in US relations with China and his advice was being ignored? no.

    He quit because he got tired of playing with toys made in China. And now he wants to play with some American toys again.  So Daddy bought him a presidential campaign.

  • Comment removed

    After the goat bit Huntsman he said “huài” which means “baaaaad” in Mandarin.

  • Anonymous

    LOL. You really “think” Wright and Sharpton are not racist? You know, there is a reason “liberal” and drone are synonymous.
    “And a woman “hater” and “beater” are not quite the same thing”
    You’re right. Beating a woman must mean you love them. I guess that’s the reason the Mid-East is so popular to the “liberals” in America.

    Yes, Bill Ayers was a terrorist and is still friends with Obama. And that’s probably the reason why the left loves him. You know what the left says        ” Any friend of the dear leader is a friend of ours”.

    “No means No”
    If only a typical “liberal” drone knew what the word meant. This country would be in such a better place.

  • http://www.facebook.com/codemon Cody Hill

    Huntsman did predict a NH primary victory last month, or some news coverage… which ever comes first: http://bit.ly/yvAXht

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    I think you are willfully ignorant or ignorantly willful…just not sure which

  • Anonymous

    Goats don’t have teeth on the top front just like deer.  How in the world did the goat bite his knee?  Goats only eat trash in cartoons. And no they are not evil.

  • Anonymous

    Now, if only we could get Izak to eat Newt…

  • http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/ ElectionFraudProofClickHere

    Why no, none of the news is made up

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    That’s because the goat thinks he’s a baaaaad republican.

  • Anonymous

    While trying to interpret BushDrunk’s copy of  “My Pet Goat.”

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ASEAZDDPDLIZQDO57CJG2TZ64U Joe

    Jon Huntsman says “bite me” once too often.

  • http://www.facebook.com/renifer Christian Rudolph

    Good for Izak.  Huntsman needs to hear some truth, which, in this case is “Stop touching me and crowding me, using me as a political stunt.  You suck!”
    Huntsman treats animals and humans with equal disdain, and doesn’t listen to the voices of either.
    None of the GOP have anything good to offer, and even the lowliest animal senses something bad about the situation.  It’s time to bite the entire GOP on their kneecaps and send the same strong message, which is “Go away! No one wants what you’re selling.”

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