‘Mad Money’ Host Tears Over Spitzer
Jim Cramer is best known as the host of CNBC's "Mad Money" show, but he's also a personal friend of Eliot Spitzer. Here, Cramer becomes emotional as he describes losing the "ammo" to take on Spitzer's Wall Street critics.Jim Cramer is best known as the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” show, but he’s also a personal friend of Eliot Spitzer. Here, Cramer becomes emotional as he describes losing the “ammo” to take on Spitzer’s Wall Street critics.
Related: Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer writes that Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain.
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