A Republican, a Democrat and an Independent walk into a … polling place.The three of us were there to man (or woman) the polls during the off-year voting cycle of 2021. Since the polling place was one of the smaller ones in Bandera County, we anticipated having lots of time to kill between voters. This was before the advent of poll watchers so it would be just us three. We already knew each other from the trenches of the Presidential election the year before, so we began visiting, joking and catching up. Suddenly, some words popped out of my mouth ...