Irony of ironies. Harold Simmons, the Texas billionaire and McCain fundraiser behind the incendiary ads attacking Senator Barack Obama, is divisive even in his own family.

It turns out that at least one of Simmons' daughters, Serena Connolly, is a max-out donor to both Senators Clinton and Obama. She wrote her first check to Senator Obama in the 2nd quarter of 2007.

Another Simmons daughter, Lisa Epstein, has donated to Democrats in the past.

Neither of the daughters has supported smear campaigns like their father. And, it has been reported they have a lot of disagreements with their father over politics.

Both Ms. Connolly and Ms. Epstein are directors of the foundation named after their father--the Harold Simmons Foundation. As it turns out, the foundation supports a lot of what some would call liberal causes: helping immigrants, campaign reform, prison reform, handgun control, reproductive rights. 

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