JFK conspiracy theory buffs have boatloads of videos and literature accusing Hunt of being in on the secret plot to take out the President.  Such accusations were never proven but did shed lots of light on the hatred Hunt had for John Kennedy.  Some of this was rooted in JFK's taxation on oil.  More likely Hunt despised the President because of Civil Rights issues promoted by the Kennedy family.  Hunt was a White Supremacists and often thought of himself as a superior genetically gifted  specimen.  He held such a high view of himself his wife excused his womanizing as justified because the planet needed more of his offspring.  
     Kennedy represented old Eastern wealth.  In Texas, wealth was relatively new and was used as power to control politics.  East Coast philanthropy was widely practiced among the rich.  Not so in Texas where the new rich feared government would take from them to give to the less deserving.  Hunt's Bircher son was full of conspiracy theories about East Coast wealth and how it was connected with international Jewish conspiracies.
    Perhaps this helps explain the warm reception Donald Trump has been given by these types.  Ted Cruz is as hard core Tea Party as anyone in the nation.  Unlike many of his GOP friends, he has been silent about criticism of the GOP's frontrunner.  The bold and proud can do message of Trump is often underwritten by his claims that he is a super executive and most of the rest of the pack is a bunch of losers.  Trump might be seen as a type of fellow who would go to a Special Olympics track meet and boo the participants.  
     Trump's meager connection to the Christian faith seems to be rooted in Norman Vincent Peale.  The power of positive thinking author was also a can do personality.  Some viewed Peale's appeal as not so much grounded in Biblical teachings as much as motivational speakers.  Much like a modern day Joel Olsten.  Author Roy Carlson did connect Peale to some early fascist rallies in America.  Peale was not apparently into the hard right as much as he was strongly anti- Communist.
     Hunt, like many in his camp viewed Civil Rights as an infringement on free enterprise.  It would create a system where government redistributed wealth and interfered with the right to pursue wealth.  The cream always rises to the top and the most successful survive to reproduce a more perfect society.  Historians call this Spencer Darwinism.  
     A reporter once asked Hunt if he felt as if his wealth allowed him to have an influence on society and government that others could not enjoy.  He never answered the question.  Those who really knew him understood his view.  He deserved a larger influence than others because of his superior intellect.  He thus was due a greater piece of the American dream than others dared hope for.  His legacy can also be found in Reagan's trickle down theory.  FDR, LBJ and Jimmy Carter will never be received by this crowd for this very reason.  James Robison recently spoke at a gathering for the Religious Right types in Dallas.  His venomous assault on Carter was noteworthy, in spite of the recent revelation of Carter's new battle with cancer.  Economic theory trumps social values it appears.
       The last election proved that doctrinal positions among the Religious right was trumped by other values.  It did not appear as if social values was at stake as much as the idea that rich white men deserved the power.