Football party open to "Asses and Elephants"

I saw this announcement for a "Fremont County Dems Social with Gary Trauner" in the events section of the Wyoming Democratic Party web site:

COME ENJOY FOOD, FUN, AND FOOTBALL WITH GARY TRAUNER AND THE FREMONT COUNTY DEMOCRATS!
Sunday, August 26 beginning at 4 p.m. at 15 Pebbles Lane (outside Lander--directions below). We will spend time mingling with friends, enjoying refreshments, and rooting for our favorite Pennsylvania football team. The Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh game starts at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided, but feel free to bring a dish and your beverage of choice.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
ASSES AND ELEPHANTS ALIKE!
FOOTBALL KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A PRE-REQUISITE.

Walk-ins are welcome, but it would be nice to RSVP so we have an idea on how many to plan for. Please contact Maggie Moran at 307-349-3254 or maggiekatharyn@yahoo.com if you have questions or plan on attending.

We'll see you there! Please pass this along to other interested parties as well.

Directions: From Lander--go south toward South Pass City. Turn left on Lyons Valley Road 1 mile down the road turn left on Pebbles Lane, 1st house on the left (wood siding with a green roof). Look for the Eagles banner!

This sounds like fun. Gives me an idea on ways to beef up the attendance to our Laramie County Democrats' meetings. I also like pro football. And parties.

But I do have some concerns. Is it wise to bring Mr. Trauner, who has been accused of being an "east coast elitist," to a party feting football teams of the East? There have always been rumors of an underground assemblage of Pennsylvanians in Fremont County, but never knew there were enough to host a football party between the Eagles and Steelers. The Steelers have the rep of being a working man's NFL team. Pittsburgh is more a "City of Big Shoulders" than Chicago is. It's not the same smoggy steel-making place that gave the football team its name. But it's tougher than Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love.

I'm also a bit alarmed by the term "football knowledge is not a prerequisite." I'm a whiny liberal panty-waist, but I know my football. It helped that I was a jock and, later, a sports writer. But knowing football was a matter of pride where I grew up. You just didn't show up at a football party if you were pigskin-illiterate.

Finally, there's the fact that the Fremont County Dems are mixing it up with the elephants, which I assume are Republicans. I suppose a football game between two Pennsylvania teams makes for a middle ground on which enemy camps can meet. Perhaps Wyoming Asses and Elephants can find a common enemy in the Pennsylvanians, and root for a major storm to cancel the game, or for both teams to knock the snot out of each other, thus making them sitting ducks for more righteous teams, such as the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins.

Fremont Countians -- please let me know how this turns out.