Of course Herman Munster and his fellow libs in Congress running the economy into the ground have nothing to do with it.

(The Hill) — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) blamed legislators who refused to negotiate on increasing the debt ceiling for Congress’s record-low approval ratings.

“I resent the fact that a small group of people in the Untied States Congress are painting the entire Congress with this broad brush because of their unwillingness to do what many of us are prepared to do,” Kerry said Friday on MSNBC. “We need adults — thoughtful people who are willing to come to the table and negotiate.

“The problem is not the institution, it’s the people,” Kerry continued. “And it’s a small group of people who don’t negotiate. If you’re not willing to negotiate, nobody can make something happen. We had a group of people who actually argued for default.”

Kerry’s comments come after a new New York Times/CBS News poll found that only 14 percent of registered voters think members of Congress should be reelected and 74 percent say they don’t deserve another term.