OK, during BTK killer press conf., the D.A. thanked her "Fighting Irish"

[henslee]

investigator guy. It sounded funny. I mean, would she have dared called the black cop/investigator who was up first, her "number one soul brother"? Actually, that would have been cool.

[MountainLaurel]

1. He was a Notre Dame alum?

:wtf:

[joeybee12]

2. That was my first thought...if so, it sounds ok...

...if not, she sounds like a real piece of work.

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[Riding this Donkey]

3. that whole press conference was aggravating, i watched it for an hour

and listened to them giving each other props, and then the last paragraph tells us the guys name! And I didn't even get to see that, cause CNN cut away to Andrea Koppel.

It was a big show.

I was interested, but not interested in watching an hour long love fest between state and federal agencies.

[henslee]

5. Saw it too. Yawnfest. But I can understand how giddy & cautious a small

city D.A might be after a yr. investigation. I also find it horrible that tyhe DA and the press have to keep using BTK moniker -- it just seems so sensational. Also, all that filler stock footage of BTK crime scenes was numbing. I cannot tell the difference anymore between TV programming (like coldcase files) and the news. Now I guess, its time for Larry King to do a 2 hour special.

[Riding this Donkey]

9. True, I guess they were allowed to be happy, but I wanted the name

time, place where and when. And only got the name after an hour long press conference.

Larry King, Greta Van S., Geraldo, Dan Abrams, Aaron Brown, Paula Zahn, Anderson Cooper etc. will all have their specials on for the next week and we won't know if the world is coming to an end!

Good thing, I don't count on them for news!

[Senior citizen]

10. The daughter turned the guy in.

So the DA & law enforcement didn't have anything to do with the capture that I could see. His daughter turned him in, they tested the DNA and took him down. If she hadn't turned him in, he still wouldn't be caught, right?

[Riding this Donkey]

11. I heard that, one of the clues he sent was a computer

disk and that his computer left a footprint of his computer on the diskett and the police were able to track that computer footprint back to rader by going through the computer manufacturers.

And then after that they got the daughter to give a dna sample.

That is what i heard, I think we will hear more.. this might be rumor or it might be true.

[H2O Man]

15. Correct.

The daughter was approached by police; she did not approach them, as was reported by some sources. The police did good work.

[imenja]

4. had to be a Notre Dame alum or fan

That is the only context in which "fighting Irish" is used.

[henslee]

7. Ahh. That makes sense. I did not make that connection. nt

[SmartBomb]

6. Yeah it's a little weird, but I guess you've got to give them points for

not simply finding a minority transient to hang it on, and calling it a day.

[Kire]

8. Sounds like a job for:

The Fighting Irish DU Group, er, I mean the Irish Affairs DU Group

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=298

[mitchtv]

12. I don't know any Irish -Ams who would be insulted

at being refered to that way; ND grad or otherwise. It is a compliment.I just don't see the slight , sorry.

[H2O Man]

14. I agree.

I have heard it used, and used it myself, more times than I can count.