She didn't say it seriously - she said "Well, maybe I should say that instead since Bill Maher can say that stuff and get away with it."
She was making a joke about Bill Maher - not making a direct comment about Edwards.
It's as if I said: "Maybe I should call Barack Obama a cokehead, since Bill Maher said Bush was a cokehead."
Am I actually calling Obama a cokehead? No, I am not. I am giving a hypothetical to demonstrate what a clown Maher is.
Agreed with all of that....and it fits perfectly the definition of imitating.
I’m not here to argue semantics.