Barack Obama’s Victory Speech admin Thursday, October 23, 2008 The Vault If you were somewhere under a rock, had already had one too many, or fell asleep because you couldn’t hang, here’s President Barack Obama’s historical victory acceptance speech on Tuesday night. Barack Obama made a “BOOYAH” in history by becoming the first, oh yes, the first African-American President of the United States of America. YES WE CAN! YES WE DID! YES WE WILL!