Yes, I'm jealous of all the bastards at SXSW who got to see three hilarious scenes from Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming comedic opus "Bruno".  There were definitely questions post-"Borat" about whether or not he would be able to fool folks again but it looks like that the question has been answered and the answer is "Yes."

But Slate.com has the news that one of the folks Cohen fooled was none other than Republican Presidential Candidate and darling of the Internet, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX).  If you want to stay spoiler-free on "Bruno", stop reading.

For those that aren't pussies and know that reading about this is not going to be anywhere near as funny as actually witnessing it, here's what went down:

In a five-minute scene, comedian Cohen tries—and fails—to seduce the Texas congressman and former Republican presidential candidate in a Washington hotel room. A spokeswoman for Paul confirmed the appearance but declined to discuss details, which were provided by two people who attended a test screening last week.

Now here's where it gets interesting.  While "Borat" was a series of comedic vignettes, it did have an over-arching plot: Borat's desire to marry Pamela Anderson and stuff her in a sack.  This time around, according to those folks who saw the test screening, "The scene with Paul, filmed in early 2008, occurs about halfway through the movie, after Bruno gets the idea that you have to make a sex tape to become famous."

The scene with Paul goes as follows:

Cut to a nondescript hotel suite where Bruno sits across from Ron Paul. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, a light blows out on the set. Bruno apologizes for the technical difficulties and suggests that he and Paul wait in the other room while the crew fixes the light.

The other room, it turns out, is a bedroom. The lighting is low, and the film is now grainy—not unlike a sex tape—as it cuts to a hidden spy camera. There's a spread of Champagne and strawberries and caviar on a table.

Bruno tells Paul to make himself comfortable. Paul sits down on the bed. Bruno turns on some music and starts dancing. Paul is visibly uneasy but doesn't say anything at first. He picks up a newspaper and pretends to read it. "You can tell at each weird gay detail, he [chalks] it up to, This guy is European," says one of the attendees.

Finally, Paul asks what's going on. "Don't worry about it, Dr. Paul," says Bruno, who then unbuckles his belt and drops his pants. At that point, Paul snaps up and storms out of the room.

As Paul is walking away, you can hear him say, several times, something like, "This guy is a queer!" "The word queer comes out of his mouth three or four times," says an attendee.

I wonder if Paul is going to be the Digg's political mascot after folks see this…

But wait!  There's news on other scenes as well!

The rest of the movie is a mix of interviews and stunts targeting celebrities and conservatives of various stripes. At one point, Bruno enrolls in a homosexual reprogramming course with evangelical Christians and spends the whole time hitting on the trainers. He sits down with a leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, who tells Bruno to leave after Bruno tells him "your King Osama" looks like a "dirty wizard." During an interview with Paula Abdul, Bruno makes immigrant day laborers get down on their hands and knees and serve as furniture. And in the movie's much-hyped set piece, he stages a cage fight in Arkansas where, to the audience's surprise, he proceeds to make out passionately with another man.

This sounds so, so great.  I believe that folks at SXSW saw the Arkansas scene but that this other material has only graced the fortunate eyeballs of test audiences.  Hopefully it remains in the movie because it all sounds amazing.