Joe's evil twin down under.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Prime Minister Helen Clark found New Zealand's "Joe the Plumber" on the campaign trail Friday.Morgan better look out. His political apostasy may result in members of the center-right questioning his income, where his children go to school, and what kind of countertops he has in his kitchen. Worse, he may have cause trouble for this blogger for noting a double standard.Clark was campaigning at a retirement home in the northern city of Auckland when a visiting plumber, Morgan Luxton, asked her how her Labour party would help the self-employed.
Clearly aware of the now-famous American tradesman Joe the Plumber, Clark slipped the word "plumber" into her response nearly a dozen times.
Luxton later said he was "a bit embarrassed" because he was the only plumber in the room.
Luxton, an undecided voter, said he was leaning toward voting for Clark's center-left Labour Party in the Nov. 8 elections after voting for the center-right main opposition National Party in the last elections.


