I was reading an article the other day that had some Nixon quotes
regarding William Renhquist. One was 'Is he Jewish?'. Another involved
getting him a sex change operation so he could appoint a woman. I
believe these were from converstations with Howard Dean (and revealed
by Howard Dean). I thought I read this in Newsweek.com, time.com,
forbes, businessweek, or economist.com, but can't find it again.

Thanks for any help,
Patrice

Hello Patrice29,

The article was published on Sunday, Sep. 04, 2005 on Time.com

William Rehnquist: 1924-2005
In 33 years on the Supreme Court he helped move the country to the
right. But Rehnquist's main focus was on limiting federal power
By JOHN CLOUD 

Relevant excerpt:

"...according to a transcript reprinted in Nixon aide John Dean's book
The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That
Redefined the Supreme Court. Nonetheless, Nixon's re-election fight
loomed, and he believed that appointing a woman could win him an extra
1% or 2% of the vote. So when the discussion turned to a little-known
Justice Department lawyer named William Rehnquist?a man Nixon had just
met three months earlier ("Is he Jewish?" the President had asked
shortly after meeting him, according to Dean's recollection; "he looks
it")?Nixon had some reservations. "Maybe he can get a sex change," the
President joked. But Ehrlichman's reasoning would eventually prevail:
"If you want to salt away a guy that would be on the Court for 30
years [and] is a rock-solid conservative, he's it."


Read the full text of this article here:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1101296,00.html


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I hope this is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7