Huntsman a spider? 7 politicians with Google problems (besides Rick Santorum).

Members of the gay community responded to GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's less-than-flattering words about them by getting revenge on Google. A Google search for his name yields a less-than-flattering definition. But we're drawn to the moral of the story: casual Internet searching without context can be problematic for the subject of the search. Here are seven other politicians whose names yield curious search results.

1. Former Utah Gov. John Huntsman

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GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is not a spider.

Googling only Mr. Huntsman's last name could be an arachnophobe's nightmare. That's because Huntsman is a family of spiders so named because of their speed and method of hunting. They're also called giant crab spiders, if that gives you any indication of their grisly appearance.

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