‘The new great, you now, hope…’

Everyone is upset over Donny Deutsch calling Rubio a “coconut,” and it IS incredibly stupid.

But how much more fun is it that Deutsch had to catch himself before using the old school expression “great white hope” — and trying and failing to do the mental gymnastics needed to make that phrase work under the circumstances.

Between the “you know” and the “hope,” you can just about hear his brain going “oh, wait…”