Frank's Kennedy connections is a corker of a story.
According to the valet, Frank went ballistic when JFK, as president, cancelled the visit planned to Frank's Palm Springs home which he had decked out lavishly for the JFK entourage.
Frank went in and tore the whole place apart, he was so angry. JFK ended up staying with Bing Crosby who was a card-carrying Republican.
Earlier, Frank had outdone himself campaigning for JFK, putting on a show, getting all the stars to the convention.....only Dean Martin refused to go. Dean was pissed that JFK didn't want Sammy Davis Jr around b/c he was black and marrying a white woman.
Also, some believe Dean was a closet Republican.
The valet claims Jackie Kennedy hated Frank and did not want JFK to associate with him b/c of the easy women Frank could make available to JFK. BTW, the nickname for the infamous Kennedy Compound was "Hyanusport."
The valet says JFK wanted him to tell all he knew of the Hwood sex gossip---who was sleeping with who, etc. But apparently JFK was all talk, and did not partake of the goodies.
Bobby screwed Sam Giancana royally after he had helped get Chicago to go for JFK. Bobby turned around as USAG and began harrassing Giancana. Talk about ungrateful.
Later, Frank became close friends with the Reagans.
Thanks for the summary. I'd heard the gist of that, though not some of the details you have there. I remember when Frank got mad at the Kennedys he smashed up a private landing pad he had built for them or something like that. . .Yes, the Kennedy connections get interesting. I didn't get into the full scope of that because of the focus on Reid but that whole area is intriguing.
That double cross led to JFK's death some maintain.