It’s not so much his date nights, it’s the confusion and lies.
From Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/06/obama-dismisses-alleged-snub-sarkozys/
But Obama insisted that his lack of personal time spent with Sarkozy was not a snub.
“What it means is that I have a very tough schedule,” he said. “I would love nothing more than to have a leisurely week in Paris, stroll down the Seine, take my wife out to a nice meal, have a picnic. ... Those days are over, for the moment.”