Cramer is probably one of the few talking heads out there that actually has a clue and has actually managed money successfully in the past.
The public ought to be grateful for his presence in the otherwise vapid environment of financial commentators.
The plain fact of the matter is when you are in the business of making bets, you are going to get some right and you are going to get some wrong. Which is why the Maria Bs of the world stick to renting themselves out as mouthpieces for CEOs who want to talk their book. You get the fame, the fawning of a gullible public and no risk.
The other plain fact of the matter is that the common person likes to follow a leader - it's hardwired in human beings, and when they come to grief from their mindless following, will set upon their leader, instead of taking responsibility for their actions.
This is how nice ordinary people turn into mobs that gather around to watch heads roll into a basket.
Cramer should have seen this coming and stuck to Delphic utterances that would slide off him like Teflon when they go bad. ("On the one hand I like GOOG ..... but if XYZ happens, you should sell. Unless ABC happens first, then you don't.") Lengthy explanations with lots of escape clauses a la Greenspan save you from the wrath of the public, and have the added bonus of appearing respectable and erudite to the dim witted masses.
