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Job. you know, im not running for politics. i think im doing a great job sitting on my porch, relaxing. >> do you want us to move? >> eventually, the heckler forces conup and his campaign staffers to change location. >> we just ended up moving down the block and doing our thing and going on with the day and not thinking a whole lot about it until obviously the video became viral, as they say. >> you know, its six degrees of separation in america, or maybe even the world. you know, youve got a fr...

The aids epidemic. >> theyve been heckled. >> thats why im running for president to do something about it. >> and politician ben conup is proud to be in their company. >> its a rite of passage. >> liar. >> were here again -- >> its not something that i anticipated. >> it all starts in march 2009 when lucas county commissioner ben coniff decides to run for mayor of toledo, ohio. >> i wanted to give something back. i enjoy politics. i actually find it interesting, stimulating, challenging. >> were...

>> no. im going to keep going. >> okay. all right. >> well, it wasnt what i signed up for. i didnt enter this race for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. thats politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said broke a pledge of ethics not to run for mayor. >> he says i plan to stay my term, im going to do what im going to do, not running for mayor, only a few weeks later to come out and say, okay, you kno...

Obama holds at the white house to mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit, a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben conup and maxwell austin. >> ben, good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you. i feel like a bond, you know what i mean? >> a little bit. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> here you go. >> weve had s...

Running for office? no. you know, during the whole booing incident people said, you should run for mayor. you should run for mayor. i dont want to do that. >> as for ben conup, he loses the mayors race, but he gains a thick skin. and he says, dont count him out yet. >> i still am a county commissioner, im still interested in giving back to the community and i think public service and politics is a great way to impact the future of toledo. coming up, would you ever volunteer to get tased? wha...

>> were here today -- >> and when a local television station films him struggling to talk over a relentless heckler, his hard day at work becomes a caught on camera sensation. >> are you done? >> no. im going to keep going. >> okay. all right. >> well, it wasnt what i signed up for. i didnt enter this ray for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. thats politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said broke ...

>> boo! >> and when a local television station films him struggling to talk over a relentless heckler, his hard day at work becomes a caught on camera sensation. >> are you done? >> no. im going to keep going. >> okay. all right. >> well, it wasnt what i signed up for. >> i didnt enter this race for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. thats politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said broke a pledge o...

The reforms im proposing -- >> what do barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton all have in common? >> bill, this is the center of the aids epidemic. >> theyve been heckled. >> and politician ben conup is proud to be in their company. >> its a rite of passage. >> boo! boo! >> liar. >> were here again -- >> its not something that i anticipated. >> it all starts in march 2009 when lucas county commissioner ben coniff decides to run for mayor of toledo, ohio. >> i wanted to give something bac...

It was a big story. >> liar. >> its a big story that dovetails with another big story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house to mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben conup and maxwell austin. >> good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you....

Story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house to mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben conup and maxwell austin. >> ben. >> good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you. >> i feel like a bond, you know what i mean. >> a little bit. yeah, yea...