In the Spring of 2018 [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018; {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref> Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to force the game into extra innings. | In the Spring of 2018 [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018; {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref> Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to force the game into extra innings. |