You'd have to use something like this to exclude IE8 and lower:
<!--[if gt IE 8]>
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Kite+One|Open+Sans:400italic,400,700" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if !IE]> -->
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Kite+One|Open+Sans:400italic,400,700" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<!-- <![endif]-->
The first one only loads the font for IE9 and above. The second one loads it for all non-IE browsers.
Alternatively, you could load the fonts with JavaScript.