Leaving off “It’s” is the least of the grammatical problems in Palin’s statement “No wonder young girls especially have such low self-esteem in America when we think it’s funny for a so-called comedian to get away with being able to make such a remark as he did and to think that that’s acceptable.”
We think it’s funny to get away with being able to think that that [Letterman’s joke] is acceptable? I can’t even wrap my head around what she’s saying. Just when I think I’ve gotten to the bottom of it, I find yet another condition lurking just below. Who is she criticizing? Letterman for telling the joke? Or the people who get away with thinking his joke is acceptable? Or the people who think that it’s funny to get away with thinking that Letterman’s joke is acceptable? What exactly is she trying to say?
The problem is more often than not, when Sarah Palin opens her mouth, something equally incoherent comes out.
I can’t even wrap my head around what she’s saying
I agree. You obviously can't. But that's your problem.
Just when I think I’ve gotten to the bottom of it, I find yet another condition lurking just below.
Forest=|trees. Look at the overall picture instead of overanalising.
Who is she criticizing? Letterman for telling the joke?
She's already done that, now it';s a comment on the culture
Or the people who get away with thinking his joke is acceptable? Or the people who think that it’s funny to get away with thinking that Letterman’s joke is acceptable?
"a so-called comedian to get away with being able". How in the frilly heck do you associate the words "get away" with anyone other than Letterman?
What exactly is she trying to say?
Letterman made jokes which associated Palin's 14 year old daughter with both A-Rod and Spitzer. That was unacceptable.
In the face of criticism, Letterman eventually made a lame-ass "apology" which consisted of claiming it was his job as a dumb comedian, and retelling the jokes to a studio-audience which was being prompted to applause.
There was concensus among the chattering classes that that "apology" was acceptable.
It wasn't. And it is not unreasonable to point out that the view it was shows a degradation of American culture.