It was such a nice rumor while it lasted: President Barack Obama, on his way back from campaigning in Seattle for Patty Murray, would stop in Spokane on Sunday to pay tribute to the founder of Father's Day on the centennial celebration of the holiday, and highlight the importance of dads.

Alas, none of it is true. First, Obama is not campaigning with Murray this weekend in Seattle, or anywhere else, said a campaign spokeswoman who noted that she'd have been told by now if that was the case.

He's not doing anything anywhere in the state, as far as the state Democratic Committee knows, a party spokeswoman said.

So Spokane isn't on the way to or from anything this weekend for the prez.

Helping to fuel the rumor, apparently, is some practice that local law enforcement types are doing on staging motorcades. Whatever they're practicing for, it ain't a Sunday drop-in from Obama. Maybe he's highlighting the importance of dads by spending Father's Day with Sasha and Malia.

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