We Americans have been through a lot in the last few weeks. We have seen the attempted assassination of a former president, the director of the agency charged with protecting him resigning in disgrace, and the withdrawal of another president from his reelection bid due to, we feel certain, his increasingly obvious mental and physical deterioration. A lot has happened, and a lot is expected to happen over the next few weeks.
But sometimes, no matter what kind of things are popping, something comes up that is so dramatic, so overwhelming, that it strikes such a blow to the American consciousness as to overshadow everything else. On Monday, one such event took place in Chicago: The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was in a crash that tipped the iconic vehicle on its side. The extent of the damage is not yet known.
The Wienermobile hit a car Monday morning along Interstate 294 and its driver…
