US House of Cards is a magnificent, glossy production. It is longer and ideal for binge-watching. As an American you will be much more familiar with the political system portrayed (forgive me for making assumptions here; you could be an Australian with a doctorate in German politics, for all I know 
) The actors are superb, and it deserves all the awards it gets. Watch it first.
After you've caught up, you have absolutely nothing to lose by viewing the first season of the UK version ('House of Cards'). It is only about 4 hours long, it spoils nothing if you've seen all the current US episodes, and, I hope, you will see why there is so much love here for Ian Richardson's portrayal of Francis Urquhart.
I'm a bit puzzled as to why Maddow seems to think that one version invalidates the other.
You win both ways! 
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