CHAVEZ BLAMES THE TIMING

BBC: CHAVEZ BLAMES THE TIMING:

... speaking to Venezuelan TV on Monday, Mr Chavez also admitted that it was perhaps not the right time to push through his socialist project.

"Perhaps I made a mistake in the timing of my proposals, that could be, that we are not politically mature enough," he said.

"It's a challenge for us, we're going to convince those of our comrades who have doubts, those who have fears concerning socialism."

But Mr Chavez has stressed that the battle to build socialism will continue and his reform proposal is still "alive".

• YEAH: HE DID MAKE A MISTAKE WITH THE TIMING: HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AROUND... 1936!

• OH AND HERE'S A REAL STINKER (WHICH SMELLS LIKE SULFUR!):

• HE CLAIMS HE IS POLITICALLY MATURE BUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED NO ARE NOT.

YEAH, SURE.