I am not ‘defending’ them - I am stating the facts.
Those gaffes are also not about rape. The one from Bush is especially ridiculous for you to try to compare to this.
There have been major gaffes regarding sex, race and more by the republican candidates. The GOP E should have stated as Newt did that it was a stupid comment, Akin apologized and moved on...instead of allowing the media to set the stage.