temperment

McCain: I don't think his temperment is the best to be President.

Sound Politics: Presidential Programming Note 2006

So, basically, he presumably realizes this line-up is as good as it can gets (although he only specifically praises Montero despite doubting that she can read music what with her fiery latin temperment), but because only one of them is white (and a disabled Jew, no less), he had to make some affirmative action snark.

Matthew Yglesias » Disrespect 2009

What if science reaches a point where it can confidently establish and index a differentiation in temperment by race, at least in the aggregate, equivalent to the measureable differential in certain other physical traits?

The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge 2010

You will be out smarted, out memoried, out in temperment, out everything, then out the door with your tail between your legs.

McCain campaign again challenges Obama over town halls 2008

Her bold choleric temperment is what we DO NOT need in office.

Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly 2008

I’m curious what gives you such great confidence that temperment is not partially inheritable and therefore subject to differentiation by race?

The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge 2010

Reid hit it on the nose when he said John McCain is "flawed" and his temperment is a problem.

CNN Poll: McCain and Obama locked in a dead heat 2008

Now, many times behavior has to do with something called temperment-the general way a person reacts to things.

How Children Behave at the Dentist, What to Expect Dr. Dean Brandon 2006

Scalia, though, is revered for his blunt style. Sotomayor's "temperment" is discussed as if she were a racehorse or a dog being bred for certain characteristics.

Feministe 2009

But what kind of temperment and ability do you think I could handle?

unknown title 2009