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GOP is no longer focused on liberty, ex-legislator says Wed., Oct. 24, 2007 By John Greiner, Capitol Bureau http://newsok.com/article/3155295 A one-time high-profile Republican congressman said Tuesday he left the GOP about a year ago after concluding it was no longer interested in individual freedom and liberty. Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr, now a board member of the Libertarian Party's National Committee, was in Oklahoma City with Libertarian Party Chairman William Redpath to speak at a fundraiser for a group circulating an initiative petition to change state law to make it easier for third parties to get on the Oklahoma ballot. Barr, who was U.S. House manager of President Clinton's impeachment trial, said he left the Republican Party because he reached the conclusion it was no longer interested in its constitutional roots. "It had become a party very much like the Democratic Party, captured by the status quo, and was more interested in expanding government power - whether through the executive overreach of the current Bush administration or increases in federal spending - than it was in protecting and expanding individual freedom," he said. Barr said he believes the Republican Party is not going to change and is not likely to return to its focus on individual freedom and smaller government. Background The group circulating the initiative petition includes the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Constitution Party, the Oklahoma Green Party and independents. It wants to reduce the number of signatures required on a petition to be recognized as a political party in Oklahoma. Click here to find out how you can join the campaign for FAIR and DEMOCRATIC ballot acccess laws.