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Job. you know, i'm not running for politics. i think i'm 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, it's six degrees of separation in america, or maybe even the world. you know, you've got a friend in california. you e-mail it over to them. they're going to spread it to all their friends ...

The aids epidemic. >> they've been heckled. >> that's why i'm running for president to do something about it. >> and politician ben conup is proud to be in their company. >> it's a rite of passage. >> liar. >> we're here again -- >> it's 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. >> we're here today -- >> and when a local television station films him struggling to talk over a rel...

>> no. i'm going to keep going. >> okay. all right. >> well, it wasn't what i signed up for. i didn't enter this race for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. that's 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, i'm going to do what i'm going to do, not running for mayor, only a few weeks later to come out and say, okay, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. >> austin is not happy when...

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. >> we've had something, thank you very much. >> a peace offering. >> we had our beer. we talked about the city, t...

Running for office? no. you know, during the whole booing incident people said, you should run for mayor. you should run for mayor. i don't want to do that. >> as for ben conup, he loses the mayor's race, but he gains a thick skin. and he says, don't count him out yet. >> i still am a county commissioner, i'm 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? what about step into a lion's den? two reporters who did just that all for the story when "caught o...