Kissinger had a warm circle of friends, mostly from politics. The Dole family, Coble, Thurmond, and many more. I used to run into his entourage a lot at the private aviation side of airports. Corporate jets usually providing the jet and pilots. Food Lion, Coca Cola Atlanta, big insurance companies.
To us as a citizenry, yes he was a cold bad dude. To his elitist friends he held no political party favour. Rolling Stone is largely correct on their 50 year long analysis of Kissinger.