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  I've come to the general same conclusion and even have used a wound analogy much like yours, too. I've said one is needing to amputate a leg and the other a finger. Only so many times you can amputate before you're left completely disfigured and a lump - but one moreso than another.
context: This is welcome news. >
  
  "BoTh sIdES aRe tHe SaMe!"
  Aside from the meat of this comment below, I'd definitely suggest people take a look at this website. There's more up-to-date information here.
  
  Net Neutrality
  House Vote for Net Neutrality
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  |Rep|  2|234
  |Dem|177|  6
   
  Senate Vote for Net Neutrality
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  |Rep|0|  46
  |Dem |52|  0
   
   
  Money in Elections and Voting
  Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements
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  Rep|   0|39
  Dem|59|  0 
   
  DISCLOSE Act
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  Rep|  0|45
  Dem|53|  0
   
  Backup Paper Ballots - Voting Record
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  Rep|  20|170
  Dem |228|  0
   
  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
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  Rep |  8| 38
  Dem | 51 |  3 
   
  Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections (Reverse Citizens United)
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  Rep|  0|42
  Dem |54|  0
   
   
  The Economy/Jobs
  Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans 
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  Rep|  0|46
  Dem|46|  6
   
  Student Loan Affordability Act
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  Rep|  0|51
  Dem|45|  1
   
  Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment 
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  Rep|  1|41
  Dem|54|  0
   
  End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
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  Rep|39|  1
  Dem|  1| 54
   
  Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations
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  Rep|38|   2 
  Dem|  18|36 
   
  Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas 
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  Rep|  10|32
  Dem|53|  1
   
  Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
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  Rep|233|   1 
  Dem|  6|175 
   
  Disapproval of President's Authority to Raise the Debt Limit
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  Rep|42|   1 
  Dem|  2|51 
   
  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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  Rep|  3|173
  Dem|247|  4
   
  Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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  Dem|57|  0
   
  Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act 
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  Rep|  4 |39
  Dem|55|  2| 
   
  American Jobs Act of 2011 - $50 billion for infrastructure projects
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  Dem|50|  2
   
  Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension
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  Rep|  1|44
  Dem|54|  1
   
  Reduces Funding for Food Stamps
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  Rep|33|   13
  Dem|  0|52
   
  Minimum Wage Fairness Act
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  Dem|53|  1
   
  Paycheck Fairness Act
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  Dem|58|  1
   
   
  "War on Terror"
  Time Between Troop Deployments
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  Rep|  6|43
  Dem|50|  1
   
  Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States
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  Rep|  5|42
  Dem|50|  0
   
  Habeas Review Amendment
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  Rep|   3|50
  Dem|45|  1 
   
  Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial
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  Rep|  5|42
  Dem|39|  12
   
  Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime
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  Rep|38|  2
  Dem|  9| 49
   
  Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts
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  Rep|46|  2
  Dem|  1|49
   
  Repeal Indefinite Military Detention
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  Rep|15|214
  Dem|176|  16
   
  Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment
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  Rep|   1|52
  Dem |45|   1
   
  Patriot Act Reauthorization
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  Rep|196|  31
  Dem |  54|122
   
  FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008
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  Rep|188|   1 
  Dem|  105|128
   
  FISA Reauthorization of 2012
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  Rep|227|   7 
  Dem|  74|111
   
  House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
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  Rep|  2|228
  Dem |172|  21
   
  Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison
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  Rep|  3|32
  Dem | 52|  3
   
  Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo
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  Rep|44|  0
  Dem|  9| 41
   
  Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention
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  Rep|   1|52
  Dem|45|  1 
   
   
  Civil Rights
  Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006 
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  Rep|  6|47
  Dem|42|  2
   
  Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 
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  Rep|  1|41
  Dem|54|  0
   
  Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 
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  Rep|41|  3
  Dem|  2| 52
   
   
  Family Planning
  Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment
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  Rep|  4|50
  Dem|44|  1
   
  Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
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  Rep|  3|51
  Dem|44|  1
   
  Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act The 'anti-Hobby Lobby' bill. 
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  Rep|  3|42
  Dem|53|  1
   
   
  Environment
  Stop "the War on Coal" Act of 2012
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  Rep|214|13
  Dem|  19|162
   
  EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013
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  Rep|225|1
  Dem|  4|190
  Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations
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  Rep|218|   2 
  Dem|  4|186
   
   
  Misc
  Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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  Rep|45|   0 
  Dem|  0|52 
   
  Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio
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  Rep|228|   7 
  Dem|  0|185 
   
  Allow employers to penalize employees that don't submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)
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  Rep|22|   0 
  Dem|  0|17 >
  
  Yeah the "both sides" really only IMO has merit when talking about things like money in politics (Insider trading/lobbyists/helping the rich) and even then it's like comparing a stab wound in the leg to a buckshot to the stomach. One is a danger but can be addressed, the other is going to be lethal. Even as much as the dems may suck, their voting record for things like you've shown clearly show them to be the better option.