First we noticed a strange obsession MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews had with criticizing Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, then Glenn Beck followed by calling Matthews himself a balloon head, and now today on Fox News, Megyn Kelly weighed in to decide whether all the verbal attacks on Bachmann have been sexist.

Guest Jehmu Greene, President of the Women’s Media Center, said she is not surprised by Matthews and called him a “bully and his favorite target is women.” Greene was most concerned that Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have been so viciously targeted in the past, that it ultimately discourages women from seeking public office in the future. Kelly was also wondering whether the focus on Bachmann and Palin had more to do with them being conservatives rather than simply being women, but Greene insisted that Matthews consistently crosses the line when discussing women.

When the discussion turned to Bachmann’s intelligence, Kelly cited another mean quote from a Politico article that “putting [Bachmann] on the intel committee is an oxymoron – like jumbo shrimp.” And just to prove Greene was more eager to criticize Matthews than she was to defend Bachmann, Greene concluded that if commentators just focused on what Bachmann said, rather than bullied her with mean insults, then “people will agree, yes maybe she doesn’t belong on the intelligence committee.”

Watch the clip from Fox News below: