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Roland Martin put out this commentary on CNN this morning:

Florida, Michigan don't deserve revote

(CNN) -- For two weeks we have watched nearly every political hack from Michigan and Florida hit the airwaves to tell us that voters in those states deserve to have their votes counted, and new elections should be called for and paid by­ the Democratic National Committee.

One word they all keep tossing around is disenfranchisement. Because of this nation's sordid history on the issue of denying African-Americans the right to vote, those calling for a revote know the true power of the word, and just uttering it sort of backs the opposition up.

But folks, I'm sorry. Knowing full well how the two political hacks --­ also called governors of Michigan and Florida -- deliberately chose to ignore the Democratic Party rules and try to leapfrog the other states, I just don't have any compassion for them.

Martin, who apparently is pursuing a degree in "Christian Communications", clearly hasn't gotten to the forgiveness and compassion lessons.

He finally concludes:

Enough. Let's end this madness and tell Florida and Michigan that they had their shot. They blew it. It's time to move on and let the people who know how to play by the rules get on with this process. They made their bed. Now sleep in it.

And the people in Michigan and Florida should throw out the bums who stiffed them. Somebody must pay for the sins of these two states, and they should look to the politicians who keep running their mouths on TV demanding a revote.

Voter enfranchisement is about counting every vote, not punishing the few who didn't play by the rules. What's most disconcerting is Martin is an open Obama supporter: Hopefully he speaks for that campaign as much as Ferraro speaks for Clinton's, that is, not at all.