By now we’re so accustomed to seeing Bill Clinton everywhere that catching this cover of Conde Nast’s Traveler …

… should likely merit merely a shrug and this barely audible reaction: “Ho hum.  Why not Bill Clinton on the cover of Traveler?”

But dig a little deeper and check out the interview inside.  You’ll see two fascinating things going on.

One is Traveler’s write-up.  From the lusty headline –  ”Bill Clinton travels the world with purpose; How William Jefferson Clinton uses his power to transform lives and places” — to these types of questions.

• What in your background and experience best fitted you for the work you’re doing now?
• Your friend, King Abdullah of Jordan, said in a recent interview with Condé Nast Traveler that it surprises him that Americans lack knowledge about the international world and that “one of the problems I’ve found with American politicians is the small numbers of senators who have traveled.” How do you account for this incuriosity about the world?
• Both American and international thinkers are concerned that American fear of terrorism has contributed to a kind of xenophobia, … Is the U.S. in danger of becoming a kind of intellectual ghetto?

But better than that exercise into the inner workings of media questioning are the classic Clinton responses.

This one probably is one of his best answers to a tough grilling ever since he wondered what the definition of is is.

CNT: If you could bring back something from your travels as a gift to your own country’s culture, what would it be?
Clinton: That’s hard to say. You know, I love to travel. I mean, I think one of the things that’s made me halfway good at this is that I love to go places and see things. But I would—I wish I could have a basket made in Rwanda in the home of every American—made by Rwandans that are part of these reconciliation cooperatives, where the Hutus and Tutsis who’ve slaughtered each other are now living together, working together, and making their baskets together. I think it would be a great gift to America’s culture—to our rancorous politics and our tough-talking talk shows and all this stuff—to just see that here are people who’ve been through things that no American will ever go through…

Clinton brilliance strikes again.  Baskets for peace!  More textbook proof that Bill Clinton is the best politician of the modern era.

But one thing about that sensational answer bugs me.  He implies that tough-talking talk shows will likely be tempered by Rwandan baskets.  Fair enough.  But what about the bloggers?  Don’t we get baskets, too?  A chicken in every pot, a basket in every case.